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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTeachers union president 'double-dog dares' Trump to sit in classroom 'and breathe that air'
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The president of the nations largest teachers union hit back at President Trump over his demand that schools resume in-person classes this fall, saying reopening cannot take place without guaranteeing the safety of students and staff.
Did you hear the word he didnt use? Safely,' National Education Association (NEA) President Lily Eskelsen Garcia said Wednesday in reference to Trumps event the previous day on reopening schools.
Theres no one that wants our kids back more than teachers ... but we want to open it safely, she said on CNNs New Day.
Did you hear the word he didnt use? Safely,' National Education Association (NEA) President Lily Eskelsen Garcia said Wednesday in reference to Trumps event the previous day on reopening schools.
Theres no one that wants our kids back more than teachers ... but we want to open it safely, she said on CNNs New Day.
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We see what happens when they let bars open prematurely, she added, noting spikes in coronavirus community spread in states that were quick to reopen. This isnt a bar. Were talking about second graders. I had 39 sixth graders one year in my class. I double dog dare Donald Trump to sit in a class of 39 sixth graders and breathe that air without any preparation for how were going to bring our kids back safely.
read: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/506368-teachers-union-president-dares-trump-to-sit-in-school-class-amid
read: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/506368-teachers-union-president-dares-trump-to-sit-in-school-class-amid
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Teachers union president 'double-dog dares' Trump to sit in classroom 'and breathe that air' (Original Post)
bigtree
Jul 2020
OP
"No problem giving money to Shake Shack, but a public school, not so much"...
TreasonousBastard
Jul 2020
#3
Let Barron and the Trump grandkids sit in that class and, oh, no pre-testing of anyone
dutch777
Jul 2020
#5
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)1. Right on
dweller
(23,885 posts)2. first of all
he belongs in the 3rd grade ...
but her point is spot on, no mention of safely
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TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)3. "No problem giving money to Shake Shack, but a public school, not so much"...
She is soooo right. Get the bill off McConnell's desk and Trump, DeVos and the rest just shut the fuck up and get out of the way.
skylucy
(3,760 posts)4. I taught kindergarten for 38 years. Sixth grade will be too easy on him.
Come spend the day with 32 kindergartners. The first day of school would be the best with lots of tears, snot filled tissues and wailing. (And that's just the teacher...The kids are even worse)
dutch777
(3,111 posts)5. Let Barron and the Trump grandkids sit in that class and, oh, no pre-testing of anyone
I predict a great rebellion by teachers and a big increase in home schooling.
SWBTATTReg
(22,580 posts)6. F**k rump ... he has no control over when we open our schools or not. Local taxpayers do (and the
cities and/or states too).
Proving yet again, what a f**king moron he is.
BootinUp
(47,418 posts)7. Greatest lungs ever! Nobody disagrees! Well ... ( lie lie lie)
bigtree
(86,328 posts)8. 'Trump demonstrates safety of classrooms with 7 minutes of breathing in front of cameras'
...in the same Florida classroom where George Bush read The Pet Goat to first graders